Dress shields



May 19 1959 E. c. MORRIS DRESS SHIELDS Filed Jan. 14, 1957 INVENTOR.EVELYN @MORRIS Affi/@Albany United States Patent O DRESS SHIELDS EvelynC. Morris, New York, N.Y.

Application January 14, 1957, Serial No. 634,025

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-54) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in dress shields.

More particularly, the present invention proposes the construction of animproved dress shield which can easily, quickly and conveniently beremovably secured to a brassiere for underarm use in a dress, blouse, orlike garment to absorb perspiration and protect the garment andunderwear from perspiration stain.

As a further object, the invention proposes forming a dress shield foruse with strapless and shoulder strap dresses and brassieres and forsleeveless and sleeve dresses or like garments.

Still further, the present invention proposes constructing the dressshield with spaced clips and a pull tab for attaching the shield to theside band of a brassiere and adjusting it in proper position without anyremoval or adjustments necessary to the brassiere.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a brassiere and attached to thebrassiere is a dress shield constructed and arranged in accordance withone form of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the dress shield with the dress shield ilap inextended position.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the structure shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating a modification ofthe invention.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 5. t t

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional View taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 5.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the dress shield inaccordance with the rst form of the invention illustrated in Figs. l to4, inclusive, is designated generally by the reference numeral 15.

Dress shield 1S has a casing or cover 16 with front and rear sides 17and 18, respectively, the side 18 being the side adapted to contact thebody of the wearer and absorb perspiration therefrom. The rear side 18is preferably made of cloth fabric, such as nylon, cotton or likematerial, and the front side 17 may be of the same cloth material butwith a transparent covering 19 of waterproof material, such asthermoplastic sheeting to protect the brassiere, undergarment andoutergarment from stains due to body perspiration.

An absorbent, resilient pad 20, of foam or sponge rubber or similarmaterial, smaller than the casing, is mounted in the casing 16 enclosedbetween the sides 17 and 18 of the casing, as by stitches 21.

Casing 16 has an upper end or edge 22 with corners 23 lCC and 24 and isgenerally shield-shaped with a bottom or lower end or edge 25. A centerstrap 26 is secured intermediate its ends to the casing on the rear side18 of the casing. The strap 26 is of a length and is adapted to encircleone of the sidebands 27 of a brassiere 28, the two ends of the strappassing over the upper and lower edges of the band 27 and being securedby snap fastener elements 29 and 30 on the strap ends at the outer sideof the band 27.

Instead of snap fasteners, suitable hook and eye arrangements may beprovided adjustably securing the dress shield on a brassiere.

Two end straps 31 and 32 are also secured to the casing 16 intermediatetheir ends and at the upper corners 23 and 24 of the casing. The straps31 and 32 may be elastic and have fastener elements 33 and 34 at theirends. The straps 31 and 32 are to extend around and encircle the frontand rear portions of one of the brassiere shoulder straps 35.

An arm tongue extension or ap 36 with a hollow absorbent resilient pad20' is also provided and is secured to the casing 16 along the upperedge 22 thereof by stitching 21' and is adapted to be bent outwardly ofthe front side 17 of the casing to extend into the sleeve of a dress.This ap has sides 18' and 19 similar to the cloth side and plasticcovering 18 and 19, respectively.

It will be apparent that in order to place the dress shield in place,all that need be done is to secure the center strap 26 around one of theside bands 27 of the brassiere being worn and fasten the end straps 31and 32 around the front and rear portions of a shoulder strap of thebrassiere. Where a strapless dress and brassiere are being worn the endstraps need not be used and can even be removed if desired. The clothside 18 and pad 20 will absorb body perspiration while the moistureproofcovering 19 protects the brassiere, undergarment and outer garment fromstain. The cloth side 18', pad 20', and covering 19 act respectively ina similar way in the sleeve of the dress.

The modification of the invention illustrated in Figs. 5 to 8,inclusive, is characterized by the provision of a dress shield having acasing 40 with a front side 41, a rear side 42, a resilient, absorbentpad 43 and spaced resilient downwardly directed clips 44 and 45 securedto the casing removably to hook over the side band of a brassiere. Clips44 and 45 are inverted U-shaped spring wires 46 covered with tapes 47and have short arms extending inside the casing 40 and long armsextending outside the casing and adjacent the outer side of the casing.

Also secured to the casing 40 is a dependent pull tab 48, secured at thebottom of the casing, to pull the shield down and secure the clips 44and 45 to a brassiere side band and may be used to hold the brassier'emore securely in place with the aid of safety pins.

While the shields may be made in a variety of shapes and sizes, asuitable small size would be one that measured ve inches across at thetop, two inches across at the bottom, and three and one-half inches fromtop to bottorn, and shield shape. The construction may also be performedin a number of ways, one suitable way being to make the casing bystitching together the side pieces peripherally except for a space forinverting, inverting (turning inside-out) the cover, inserting thesponge pad, closing the unstitched peripheral edges and attaching thestraps or clips before or after such nal stitching.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes andmodifications may be made within the scope of the invention as dened inthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is: j

1.` A dress, shield comprising aI casing with front and rear-v sides, Varesilientandbabsorbent pad in the casing enclosed between said sides,said rear side of the casing being of cloth fabric so that bodyperspiration can be absorbed by the-,cloth sideandpad, saidY front sideof the casinghavinga waterproofplastic covering to protect the dressfrom lstaining by the body perspiration, and` means on lthe casingremovably to secure the shield to a brassiere with the rear fabric sideadjacent the body of the wearer andthe front waterproof side of thecasingV adjacent the brassiere, saidmeans being a center strap securedto the casing crosswise thereof and adapted toencircle the casing andthe side` band of a brassiere, and two end straps, said casinghavingVan` upper endl and said two end straps being secured to the outerportions of the upper end of the casing, and adapted to extendy aroundthefront and rearwportions of a brassiere shoulder strap.

2. A dress shield comprising a casing with an upper end, front and rearsides, a resilient and absorbent pad in thecasing enclosed betweensaid,sidessaid reary side of the casing being of cloth fabric and saidfront side of the casing having a waterproof coveringL meanson thecasing removablyito secure -the shield toa brassiere with the front sideand covering adjacent the brassiere and the rear fabric side of thecasing adjacent the" body ofthe wearer, said means being a center strapsecured to the casing crosswise thereof and adapted to encircle thecasing and the -side band of a brassiere, and two end straps, saidcasing having an upper end and said two end straps being secured to theouter portions of the upper end of the casing and adapted to extendaround the front and rear portions of a brassiere vshoulder strap, a apextension secured to the upper end of the casing and bendable to extendinto the sleeveV of a dress. arid a pad lining said extension, saidextension having a cloth fabric rear side and a waterproof front sidefor protecting the sleeve of the dress.

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